Anyone Else With 30+ MCAT Not Getting Any Love From Drexel?

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Still nothing from Drexel yet. I just called them and they said no decision has been made (coming up on 6 weeks post interview this Thursday). Also I sent an update 2 Fridays ago on the 17th and they say that hasn't been processed/received yet either.. who knows.
 
Still nothing from Drexel yet. I just called them and they said no decision has been made (coming up on 6 weeks post interview this Thursday). Also I sent an update 2 Fridays ago on the 17th and they say that hasn't been processed/received yet either.. who knows.

Hang in there, Robizzle. We're pulling for you!:luck: It can't be too much longer now. Did you ask when the AdCom is meeting again? If I remember correctly, sounds like they didn't get to your file at the last meeting.
 
Hang in there, Robizzle. We're pulling for you!:luck: It can't be too much longer now. Did you ask when the AdCom is meeting again? If I remember correctly, sounds like they didn't get to your file at the last meeting.

Hey thanks.. yea for some reason they skipped (from what I can see) everyone from the 10.19 date when I interviewd.. They've actually given out results to 20th 23rd etc. which doesn't make too much sense to me. Anyway, I asked the nice lady who i always talk to if they're meeting this Thurs and she says yes.. so I tihnk they actually do meet every Thursday. You better believe i'll be callin Friday 😀
 
Hey thanks.. yea for some reason they skipped (from what I can see) everyone from the 10.19 date when I interviewd.. They've actually given out results to 20th 23rd etc. which doesn't make too much sense to me. Anyway, I asked the nice lady who i always talk to if they're meeting this Thurs and she says yes.. so I tihnk they actually do meet every Thursday. You better believe i'll be callin Friday 😀

Leave it to Drexel to mix up their piles and consider applications out of order. :laugh: But again, don't expect them to tell you anything over the phone. Last year, I tried every way I could to get a read from the person I spoke with on the phone. All I got was the monontone "A decision has been made on your file and you'll be receiving a letter shortly." Maybe you'll have better luck than I did. Start practicing the charm. 🙂
 
Hang in there Robizzle! You will hear sson, if not this week then definitely next. Just keep in mind they may not have met last week, which means their next meeting will probably be later this week (and a decision letter may not arrive from that meeting until next week). Your so close man, just a little longer .... 👍
 
Thanks for all the support everyone! Soon for all of us, I hope 😀
 
Hey thanks.. yea for some reason they skipped (from what I can see) everyone from the 10.19 date when I interviewd.. They've actually given out results to 20th 23rd etc. which doesn't make too much sense to me. Anyway, I asked the nice lady who i always talk to if they're meeting this Thurs and she says yes.. so I tihnk they actually do meet every Thursday. You better believe i'll be callin Friday 😀

I can't believe they're so disorganized. 10/23 interviewees have heard already?! How did you find that out? Very unfair...I interviewed on 10.16 and still haven't heard anything either.
 
Because I posted that I got accepted last week; I interviewed on 10/23. I imagine that you will hear soon.
 
Ugh.... no love from Drexel at all....

3.92 GPA (3.91 for the Sciences)
32Q MCAT

Philly is odd... I was accepted at Temple and have an interview at Penn, but Jefferson seems to have deleted my app and nothing at all from Drexel.
 
robizzle... what do you ask when you call? i mean, how do you get all this info about when they are reviewing your file...

I actually e-mailed my faculty interview and that is how I got the rough estimate of when i'd be reviewed (it was actually wrong, but I think it's due to Thanksgiving)

But as for asking about decisions, there's no trick to it. I just ask something like: "I'd like to see if there has been a decision made on my file."

The nice lady then responds: "How many weeks ago did you interview?"

I then give her the enormous number.

Nice lady: "Ok, hold on please!"

However, I once got a gentleman that said they didn't have any of that information (complete BS). He answered around 4pm while the nice lady seems to be there throughout the morning/early afternoon. That's right folks, she's a very nice lady.
 
Ugh.... no love from Drexel at all....

3.92 GPA (3.91 for the Sciences)
32Q MCAT

Philly is odd... I was accepted at Temple and have an interview at Penn, but Jefferson seems to have deleted my app and nothing at all from Drexel.
jefferson is very finicky about who they interview. they try to pick a lot of delaware residents.
 
Jefferson is Delaware's official "state school" because it doesn't have its own.

And in that capacity, I believe Jefferson is obligated to take a certain number of Delaware residents each year. Don't recall the number, but I don't think it's that significant.
 
Hey guys,
I'm right there with you. I interviewed on 10/13 (almost 7 weeks ago!) and have yet to hear anything. It is driving me crazy. I have pretty low stats so I'm expecting a waitlist however I think my interview went really well. Good luck to everyone.
 
And my little Drexel thread, started with such modest expectations, cotinues to thrive. Six pages in length, 265 posts, and almost 7300 views. Cmon Drexel!!! See what prominence I've given you on SDN. Give me some love!!!!😡 😡 😡 😡
 
GL Whichdoctor. We are all on here b*tching about not getting any info after an interview and they haven't even given you an interview yet!! I hope you hear good stuff soon.
 
And my little Drexel thread, started with such modest expectations, cotinues to thrive. Six pages in length, 265 posts, and almost 7300 views. Cmon Drexel!!! See what prominence I've given you on SDN. Give me some love!!!!😡 😡 😡 😡

yeah, i've been complete for 5 weeks now and i haven't heard anything back from them... it's pretty demoralizing just sitting around waiting especially since they're my number one choice 🙁
 
All materials in by August 15 (although it says MCAT scores recieved Sept 11?!).

Not a peep.
 
Yep, still no love here either, although with a glitch in their system I wasn't complete until 10/23 (August MCAT, secondary in late September).

Luck peeps! :luck: :luck: :luck:
 
Big evening bump for this important thread 😉 My interview is coming up next week, so i'll definitely be keeping an eye on this. :scared:
 
Big evening bump for this important thread 😉 My interview is coming up next week, so i'll definitely be keeping an eye on this. :scared:

Good luck, Haemulon! :luck: And don't forget about that unusual Philadelphia pronunciation of "Drexel." 😉
 
...although at the rate they're going with the rest of us (post-interview), you wont hear unti MARCH!

As incredible as it may sound, last year there were a few people who actually did not receive a response until 4-5 months post-interview.
 
Still nothing from Drexel yet. I just called them and they said no decision has been made ...

Robizzle, you posted this on the 27th, then received a waitlist letter on the 29th. Given that it would take, minimum, two days for a letter to get from Philly to Boston, a decision had to have been made already when you called on the 27th.

Sucks that they either lied to you or were too lazy to get their butts and actually check your file. 😡
 
Robizzle, you posted this on the 27th, then received a waitlist letter on the 29th. Given that it would take, minimum, two days for a letter to get from Philly to Boston, a decision had to have been made already when you called on the 27th.

Sucks that they either lied to you or were too lazy to get their butts and actually check your file. 😡

Yup, a decision definitely was probably made Thursday BEFORE thanksgiving.
 
Yup, a decision definitely was probably made Thursday BEFORE thanksgiving.

So, they're disorganized, inefficient, slow, consider applications out of order, fail to timely notify applicants of admissions decisions, and will just blow you off by just telling you the crap-du-jour on the phone.

And yet most of us would eat a poop hot dog (to borrow a rather disgusting image from another thread) for an acceptance. 🙁

What we put ourselves through for the chance to be doctor!
 
koennen and robbizle, and anyone else that interviewd, can you please tell me how long it took for you guys to get an interview email/notifications after your file was complete.
 
koennen and robbizle, and anyone else that interviewd, can you please tell me how long it took for you guys to get an interview email/notifications after your file was complete.

Well I got my interview notification about a month after I was complete. Of course now you guys have me wondering how long after my intervew(a couple weeks back) it'll be before I hear anything. (I like what I saw at Drexel, any school that has lectures downloadable on the web is cool by my standards😀 )
 
Still waiting. I'm kind of zen about it now. Kinda like coming to terms with your own mortality. Drexel will respond, Drexel will not respond. Aspire to Nothingness and your Buddha nature will be enlightened.
 
Still waiting for an invite. They managed to "misplace" my secondary application (from back in September), so I FEDEXed them a copy (I printed it out right after submitting) a few weeks ago. They have me listed as complete, but I've heard nothing.
 
37, 3.65 and nothing. if the quality of their online app. is any indication, i'm not surprised they haven't got around to us.
 
I am hopelessly checking my status page every day for an interview invite, still no love.

3.6, 30 🙁
 
Whyadoc ... we didn't meet today, (at least not knowingly I don't think) Bummer man. Hopefully your interviews went well. I must say that I was really impressed with Drexel and really enjoyed the interviews. Very low stress (Yes!). Best of luck! I am really looking forwrd to hearing from them. 👍
 
Whyadoc ... we didn't meet today, (at least not knowingly I don't think) Bummer man. Hopefully your interviews went well. I must say that I was really impressed with Drexel and really enjoyed the interviews. Very low stress (Yes!). Best of luck! I am really looking forwrd to hearing from them. 👍


Hey Haemulon,
It was good to see you at Drexel today, I was also highly impressed with everything there. I hope we both hear from them!
 
Hey Haemulon,
It was good to see you at Drexel today, I was also highly impressed with everything there. I hope we both hear from them!

Right on tandski! I have definitely been re-energized by the Drexel visit. I was surprised to see so many SDNers there, although I was not able to match up avatars with faces exept for when you and I talked. Having spent a good bit of time talking with you, I am sure that you are the kind of person that interviews very well, so i'm confident that you will meet with success. I'm just glad I didn't get into the wrong car at the end of the day ... how awkward would that have been? :laugh: I'm going to have to start working out more now so I can better take advantage of all that killer gym equipment when I get there ("when" = trying to be positive). I am heading home mid-morning tomorrow. Best of luck to you and keep me posted! :luck:
 
Right on tandski! I have definitely been re-energized by the Drexel visit. I was surprised to see so many SDNers there, although I was not able to match up avatars with faces exept for when you and I talked. Having spent a good bit of time talking with you, I am sure that you are the kind of person that interviews very well, so i'm confident that you will meet with success. I'm just glad I didn't get into the wrong car at the end of the day ... how awkward would that have been? :laugh: I'm going to have to start working out more now so I can better take advantage of all that killer gym equipment when I get there ("when" = trying to be positive). I am heading home mid-morning tomorrow. Best of luck to you and keep me posted! :luck:

Gee, now you guys have me wondering if any SDNers were there when I interviewed. Definitely agree with you though, Drexel is definitely a thrill to visit.(And they actually have a campus unlike some schools, cough cough Harvard BU and Tufts.)😀
 
Gee, now you guys have me wondering if any SDNers were there when I interviewed. Definitely agree with you though, Drexel is definitely a thrill to visit.(And they actually have a campus unlike some schools, cough cough Harvard BU and Tufts.)😀

I also really like how everything was so integrated into the web/computers. One could even conveivably study histology slides from one's home computer for example, as they are in the process of digitizing their collection. Top notch. No doubt the program has benefitted from the technology strengths of the Main Drexel U campus.
 
I also really like how everything was so integrated into the web/computers. One could even conveivably study histology slides from one's home computer for example, as they are in the process of digitizing their collection. Top notch. No doubt the program has benefitted from the technology strengths of the Main Drexel U campus.


True, it seems about the only thing you'd have to come in for in the first year is gross anatomy.(Even the lectures are on the web so basically you can't miss anything if you have cold or something which is great.)
 
Been complete for a month and a half, 3.44 GPA , 33 MCAT (12/11/10) . Havent heard a peep from Drexel .
 
Bump! lol. Hey guys, long time no talk. I hope Drexel has showed you all some love recently. Haemulon, glad to hear your interview went well buddy!! I hope they send you some good news promptly.

I've submitted my Drexel waitlist form thingamajig. Should I actually come off the waitlist due to some miracle, I will definitely have a very hard time choosing between my NY school & Drexel.. Those were my top 2 choices for schools which I interviewed, Drexel for its awesome PBL & NYMC ofcourse for its location & great facilities. But since my NYMC interview went so poorly IMO, I kinda threw it out the window and made Drexel #1. So odd how things played out..

Anyhow, I wish you all the best of luck. Drexel really is a great school.
 
Anyone under AGE 30 getting any love, period?

Particularly during this year of raging patience.
 
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